Sorry Steam, but that's sneaky...

[radiskull]

It should be made VERY clear that 3rd party DRM (Uplay) is needed to play this game. I wish I'd checked the forum first before buying. I haven't actually played at all now - does anyone know if you can be refunded from a purchase (I'm guessing not).
Not a happy bunny (and I'd rather lose my £3 than sign up to yet another intrusive piece of 3rd party spyware masquerading as some sort of happy-clappy interface to help me run my game (which Steam already does quite adequately)). Grrrr :steamangry:

[Groen90]

Or, you could just play the game and enjoy it now that you bought it
It's worth the full price, and the "trouble" to go through uplay.

[Stinky_Ogre]

well sorry to burst your bubble... it is made very clear its on the side of the page almost just below the tags, no one should be blamed but your self since it is pretty darn clear, even in the first trailer it says Ubisoft which uselly means theres a good chance of uplay. i hope you enjoy the game either way though

[Lars]

I just don't understand these complaints.

It says clearly on the store page that it requires installing third party DRM to play.

Furthermore, clients like Uplay and Origin giving Steam competition is a GOOD THING. Having options on where to buy the games encourages all the digital stores to improve and add features across the board.

If you don't like Uplay, fine, don't buy the games that require them. I for one am happy to see the Ubisoft games available on Steam as well, instead of being exclusive to their client.

Also, Uplay in particular has had recent QoL improvements in syncing with Steam, its just a one time activation on Uplay, and then all you'll see is a brief Uplay splash screen when launching their games through Steam instead of throwing the whole thing at you. I'm really not seeing the problem, here.

And finally, it isn't hard to get Steam refunds as long as you don't play more than a couple hours of the game you bought. Steam used to operate with borderline criminal practice of only allowing one charge back per Steam account, and it is thanks to the competition from Origin and Uplay that have been much more customer friendly in that regard, that we have this option on Steam, now.

[Lyserg S. Dieth]

You should be able to get a refund when you playtie is less than 2 hours or/and you own the game for less than 14 days. But uplay is mentioned at the Storpage on the right hand side (normally).

[radiskull]

Ok, I accept your statements :-) - but even so - isn't it telling that as soon as i did sign up with uplay as part of the install process I got a nice advert for other games as part of that.
Lesson learned - I'll look closer in future (perhaps my whole psychotic dislike of these DRM's is subconciously caused by Games for Windows Live - surely no-one could defend 'that' one... :-D

[Stinky_Ogre]

Originally posted by radiskull:

Ok, I accept your statements :-) - but even so - isn't it telling that as soon as i did sign up with uplay as part of the install process I got a nice advert for other games as part of that.
Lesson learned - I'll look closer in future (perhaps my whole psychotic dislike of these DRM's is subconciously caused by Games for Windows Live - surely no-one could defend 'that' one... :-D

hahaha you gotta give uplay a chance, it used to be buggy and really ♥♥♥♥ but it has improved alot and isnt nearly as bad as it used to be. your right about games for windows live though that was just one giant ♥♥♥♥ show lol

[Lars]

Well, yeah. GFWL is an abomination. :) Microsoft's PC games 'effort' have been a complete joke, I suspect they don't want to compete with their own Xbox market. Their loss. :)

[Lu2]

its written on store page .try read next time

"icorporates 3rd party-drm:uplay"

[Groen90]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFtcLJVN8yg

[radiskull]

ok - that made me laugh. Curse you lot for dampening the fires of my wrath :-/ !

[Stinky_Ogre]

Originally posted by radiskull:

ok - that made me laugh. Curse you lot for dampening the fires of my wrath :-/ !

im happy too see your a good sport about it, most blow up and lose there mind on the steam forums lol

[Groen90]

Originally posted by radiskull:

ok - that made me laugh. Curse you lot for dampening the fires of my wrath :-/ !

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/41/41204c01131d8e69e956816eb8609c16658ef3fcf877c821680f5e1d92fc4845.jpg

[Drakenhof]

Or you can just play it. Hey Im playing it with uPlay im enjoying it a lot, and my eyes have don´t melted or anything.

[Maddin]

The store page says it needs Uplay and every single review says it.
Also you can refund up to 2 weeks after you bought it and as long as you did not play for more than 2 hours.

[Schwarz]

I see a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ed comments like "Who cares about uplay"
Wait until uplay is down a day or 2 then you will understand. You are better off pirating the game instead of waiting a few days for Uplay to get their crap together. Really sucks when you buy a single player game and yet can't play because their servers are down.